EFL Cup Draw To Be Streamed Live

21 June 2016

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Pools will find out who they will play in the First Round of this season’s EFL Cup when the draw is broadcast live on Facebook Live.

In a first for British football, the EFL (English Football League) has joined forces with Sky Sports to live stream the EFL Cup Round One draw as a Facebook Live event, providing millions of fans all over the world a chance to watch it unfold.

Round One of the re-named competition includes 70 of the 72 EFL clubs this season, with the draw being seeded as well as regionalised on a north/south basis. Seedings are based on club finishing positions in the league last season.

The draw will be broadcast live from Sky Sports’ studios, with the event hosted by Tom White. Former Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers and England star Ray Wilkins will be tasked with making the draw.

Pools are unseeded for the draw which means they will be paired with one of the following clubs when the draw is made on Wednesday.

Seeded Teams (Northern Section)

Barnsley

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton Wanderers

Bradford City

Burton Albion

Derby County

Huddersfield Town

Leeds United

Nottingham Forest

Port Vale

Preston North End

Rochdale

Rotherham United

Scunthorpe United

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Wigan Athletic

First Round ties are due to be played on Tuesday 9th August and we'll have all the details here on the Official Website once the draw is confirmed.